Metso Concludes the Statutory Employer-Employee Negotiations Covering Its Paper Business

Metso has concluded the statutory employer-employee negotiations covering
personnel in its units serving the paper industry. As a result of these
discussions, 400 employees will be reduced and a further 136 positions will
be
outsourced in Finland.

The statutory employer-employee negotiations initiated in Metso units
serving
the paper industry in September this year and covering personnel reductions
and
layoffs have ended. Following the negotiations, which involved a total of
approximately 4,100 employees, Metso has decided to reduce 400 jobs and
outsource a further 136 positions. A total of 152 employees will take
retirement
and 15 will transfer to new positions in other Metso units. At the start of
the
negotiations on September 18, it was estimated that a maximum of 480
employees
would be affected, and around 150 positions likely to be outsourced.

As a result of the negotiations temporary layoffs will only be implemented
if
they are required by the low production and order book in 2013. Temporary
layoffs could affect jobs in units serving the paper industry in Juankoski,
Jyväskylä, Järvenpää, Raisio, and Valkeakoski.

Metso will assist those affected through a comprehensive program aimed at
helping them to set up their own company as well as retrain and find new
jobs.

The redundancies and outsourcing that have been decided on are intended to
achieve savings of approximately EUR 25 million in annual operational
costs.
Cost reductions in 2013 are expected to yield savings of approximately EUR
20
million.

"It's very unfortunate that we have been forced to implement such
large-scale measures affecting our personnel," says Pasi Laine, President
of Metso's Pulp,
Paper and Power segment. "By working closely and proactively with employee
representatives, however, we will try to minimize the impact of the
redundancies
through a comprehensive program aimed at helping people find new
employment."

Metso's decision to make these reductions in personnel is the result of the
need
to adjust the manufacturing capacity of the Group's paper business unit to
the
permanent structural changes that have impacted the business and weakened
its
competitiveness and profitability.

As a result of restructuring, Metso will book non-recurring cost of around
EUR
10 million in its fourth quarter results.

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